Ersilio Mattioni

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The last several months in Italy have seen a few disquieting
attacks against independent media and an investigative reporter. In one case, the
widely distributed independent newspaper La Stampa received an explosive
device in the mail. The Federazione Anarchica Informale/Fronte Rivoluzionario, an anarchist organization, claimed responsibility and ominously noted
that La Stampa was just one of many newspapers that could be a target of the group's war against the state. CPJ
research shows that the state of press freedom in Italy is among the most
volatile in Western
Europe, with violence and legal action sometimes perpetrated by criminal
groups or political actors.